People v. Fink

On February 13, 1980, the defendant, Howard G. Fink, was arrested and charged in the circuit court of Du Page County with unlawful use of weapons under section 24 — 1(a)(1) of the Criminal Code of 1961 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 38, par. 24-1(a)(1)). The complaint charged that he “knowingly possessed a bludgeon, commonly referred to as a nitestick [sic] *** in a 1977 Pontiac *** within the corporate limits of the Village of Lombard, Du Page County, Illinois.” On April 1, 1980, the defendant filed a pretrial motion to dismiss the complaint under section 114 — 1(a)(8) of the Code of Criminal…